jrmazzeo
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I've heard it many times before, but today I truly experienced "no place is ever hunted out".
Site is a former town common that appears on mid-1800s maps. It is now baseball and soccer fields. I have hunted it many times before and just last week pulled out a third seated dime from the site. All on the soccer field portion of the park.
Today I decided to hunt very, very slowly the area where the three seated dimes have been found. First find was a shallow 1943 Canadian dime. About an hour into the hunt got a textbook 38-39 signal on the Safari that sounded of silver but seemed shallow. About 7 inches down saw the flash of big silver. Pulled it out and was stunned to be looking at an 1858-O seated half, my first seated half ever. Earlier this year I found my first seated quarter. It is in nice shape but someone scratched an M and perhaps an I on the upper right. Absolutely thrilled to have found it!
About an hour later got another shallow signal that sounded of silver and pulled out the 1945 walker, it was only 2 inches down but was on edge.
These finds are all from an area I have hunted at least twice before. Going slow helps, plus the fact that we have had recent rain. But missing two half dollars?
Needless to say I am dedicating a whole day to pounding the hell of the place next weekend. Which means I will probably won't find anything.
Happy Hunting
Site is a former town common that appears on mid-1800s maps. It is now baseball and soccer fields. I have hunted it many times before and just last week pulled out a third seated dime from the site. All on the soccer field portion of the park.
Today I decided to hunt very, very slowly the area where the three seated dimes have been found. First find was a shallow 1943 Canadian dime. About an hour into the hunt got a textbook 38-39 signal on the Safari that sounded of silver but seemed shallow. About 7 inches down saw the flash of big silver. Pulled it out and was stunned to be looking at an 1858-O seated half, my first seated half ever. Earlier this year I found my first seated quarter. It is in nice shape but someone scratched an M and perhaps an I on the upper right. Absolutely thrilled to have found it!
About an hour later got another shallow signal that sounded of silver and pulled out the 1945 walker, it was only 2 inches down but was on edge.
These finds are all from an area I have hunted at least twice before. Going slow helps, plus the fact that we have had recent rain. But missing two half dollars?
Needless to say I am dedicating a whole day to pounding the hell of the place next weekend. Which means I will probably won't find anything.
Happy Hunting
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You don't see those Seated halves that often on here. I bet your still stoked!!! I know I would.
